| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long. | 1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. |
| 2Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. | 2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit. |
| 3You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. | 3You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah |
| 4You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. | 4You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. |
| 5But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah. | 5But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah |
| 6The righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying, | 6The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying, |
| 7"Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire." | 7“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!” |
| 8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. | 8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. |
| 9I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones. | 9I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly. |
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